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"Pfft. Pfft. Pfft." Ling Xiao wiped away the sweat that was rolling down his face and crawled alone in the huge stone forest.

After some discussion, Gayaro and Ling Xiao had placed their hopes of fusing the Inner Bead onto the Savage Beast. Thus, before the sky brightened, Ling Xiao, under Gayaro's urging, left the Kata City and went to the wilderness outside the city.

The Kata City meant "city of Desolate Stone". The rocks on the outskirts were towering, like countless majestic monuments. Walking within them, was like an ant crawling between the tall and wide trees, couldn't help but feel a sense of inferiority.

But Ling Xiao didn't have the leisure and elegance to appreciate this unique scenery. Right now, he only felt thirsty.

Water was a scarce resource in the entire Kata City, and was extremely difficult to obtain.

Until now, Ling Xiao hadn't touched a single drop of water on the body of the original owner. Under the strong light for a long time, the water in his body evaporated at an extraordinary speed, so if he didn't replenish the water, he might turn into a piece of dried meat in the stone forest before he started cultivating.

Perhaps he heard Ling Xiao's desire, Gayaro, who was lying on his shoulder, suddenly said: "Go to the left side. There is water there."

Water?

Ling Xiao was extremely thirsty, so when he heard this word, he immediately walked towards the direction Gayaro had indicated.

Not too far away, a rock the height of a man appeared in front of him. He carefully observed and finally found a puddle of water in the narrow crevice. Even under such scorching weather, it was not evaporated.

Surprised, Ling Xiao climbed up the rock with all his might. The moment he was about to get his hands on the stone, he felt an inexplicable sense of danger.

Ling Xiao's reaction wasn't slow. He immediately crouched down and dodged the attack from behind.

"Pah!" A deep crack immediately appeared on the stone that replaced Ling Xiao. If he was hit, Ling Xiao's little life would probably be lost.

It was a large worm with a grayish-black appearance that attacked him.

The original owner had never left the Kata City before, and had only heard people say that terrifying monsters were everywhere outside the city, treating passersby as food, and some plants as food. It was simply hell on earth. Ling Xiao, who inherited the original owner's memories, didn't know what this was and naturally didn't know what its weaknesses were.

Seeing that the attack failed, the big bug immediately followed, unwilling to kill Ling Xiao. Fortunately, the big bug was obviously not a powerful character, so Ling Xiao didn't let it get close to him other than taking a few blows in the beginning.

But there was nothing he could do about it. After all, he was just an ordinary person without any inner strength. When his attack landed on the big bug that was wrapped in thick armor, it was like scratching its head, and it was useless.

As time passed, the bugs were no longer tired, but Ling Xiao was almost unable to hold on.

He had to end this quickly!

The bug's grayish-white tentacles brushed past Ling Xiao's hair. Taking advantage of this, Ling Xiao didn't retreat but advanced instead. Borrowing the height of the rock, he jumped onto the bug's tentacle and grabbed onto it tightly!

Surprisingly, Ling Xiao's actions made the big bug unable to react in time. He used the most agile move he had ever done since his rebirth and quickly crawled to the edge of the big bug's eye.

Right here!

Ling Xiao waved the stone saber in his hand. As a homeless person, Ling Xiao intentionally found a rock to polish the tip of the rock when he left Kata City, just in case he needed it.

Sharp rocks flew up high and fiercely stabbed into the weak eyes of the bug.

The big bug that was in pain started to struggle, wanting to throw the human off. Ling Xiao held onto the tentacle tightly and pulled the stone knife out with force.

The large worm, who had lost an eye, was rolling on the ground in the stony forest. Its four tentacles were wildly waving in the air, as if it was in great pain and had lost its ability to fight.

Ling Xiao wasn't sure if this kind of beast lived in groups, or if it held a grudge. This meant that in order to be safe, he had to leave it here today!

Ling Xiao, who had made up his mind, was very capable. While the big bug was attacking everywhere due to its blindness, he did the same thing to destroy its other eye. The threat the big bug, who was completely blind, had towards Ling Xiao had decreased a lot.

Relying on the sharp stone saber, when the sun was about to reach its head, the large bug finally collapsed onto the ground. The two pairs of tentacles on its head twitched a few times and then completely stopped moving.

Ling Xiao hid in the shadow of the stone and looked at his first defeated opponent since coming to this continent.

Gayaro, who had been pretending to be dead during the battle between Ling Xiao and the monster bug, suddenly spoke up, "Your reaction speed is too slow, your attack power is too weak, and your prediction ability is too low …" How did you manage to make it this far? "

A once famous figure and martial dao genius had been completely criticized by him.

That's why I've been reduced to this. Ling Xiao quietly rested and recovered his strength. He suddenly said, "You intentionally lured me here."

"This is just a small test." Gayaro stuck out his pink tongue and licked his claws. He didn't feel guilty about being caught red-handed by the victim on the spot.

"The insect you killed is called the Plated Beetle. It's armor is very hard and only the eyes are its weakness. For you to be able to strike at the eyes, it shows that your battle consciousness isn't too bad. However, don't celebrate too early. These insects are the lowest grade of animals in this stone forest, and are much more powerful than this. "

The sun officially moved to the highest point. It was now the hottest time in the stone forest. After Gayaro finished drinking the water, Ling Xiao carefully finished the remaining water and then began to dissect his spoils of war.

In Gayaro's opinion, although this bug wasn't even qualified to enter his eyes, but for Ling Xiao, who didn't even have a change of clothes other than a stone knife, it was the only resource that could be used right now and couldn't be wasted.

It sounded so sad.

However, this was not Ling Xiao's first time doing this. With the stone sword in his hand, he finished dismembering a Plated Beetle that was the size of an adult.

There were a bunch of hard protective shells that could be used as armor, four tentacles that could be used to tie things together, and a Inner Bead the size of a fingernail. Most importantly, he found a water storage pouch inside the Plated Beetle's body!

This was truly a pleasant surprise!

The Plated Beetle's water bag was not big, it was only slightly wider than Ling Xiao's palm, but with this water bag, he could store water, and the probability of him dying of thirst under the scorching sun would be reduced by a lot.

As for the Inner Bead, due to its poor quality, when Gayaro expressed that it could not be used for cultivation, Ling Xiao kept it.

The vicinity of Kata City seemed to be extremely barren, but the number of Martial Cultivator here were few. Many ordinary people would never have the courage to walk out of the high and thick city walls, and if they lowered their requirements and carefully looked around, they would still be able to find some useful things. Unlike the continent Ling Xiao was on, the safe area had long been dug out by the hungry Martial Cultivator. Even the soil there was thinner than other places.

However, Inner Bead were not everywhere to be seen. Ling Xiao did not think that he would be able to gain anything today, so he focused on finding something that could be used.